ITALY: Verdicts Against Anarchy

Not in recent times, if ever, had an Italian trial been conducted in
such an atmosphere of fear and intimidation.

Less than a month after Renato Curcio, founder of Italy's notorious Red
Brigades, and 45 other defendants were brought to trial in Turin in
1976 on charges of subversion and other crimes, Genoa Chief Prosecutor
Francesco Coco was gunned down. One of the defendants announced in
court that the murder was committed by brigatisti, and the trial was
postponed. Then, shortly before the court was to convene...